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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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