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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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