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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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