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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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