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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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