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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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