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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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