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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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