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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. 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 MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers 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 massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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