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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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