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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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