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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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