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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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