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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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