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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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