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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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