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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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