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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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