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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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