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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed 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 evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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