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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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