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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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