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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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