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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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