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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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