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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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