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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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