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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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