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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in elearning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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