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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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