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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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