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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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