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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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