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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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