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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology enable learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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