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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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