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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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