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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses 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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