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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are considering now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure 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 massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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