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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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