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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic education technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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