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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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