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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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