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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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