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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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