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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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