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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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