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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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