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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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