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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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