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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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