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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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