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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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