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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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