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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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