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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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