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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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