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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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