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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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