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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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