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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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