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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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