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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online education organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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