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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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