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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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