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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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