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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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