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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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