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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education enable students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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