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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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