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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education