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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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