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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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