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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing 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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