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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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