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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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