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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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