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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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