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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also articulates the 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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