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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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