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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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