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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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