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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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