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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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