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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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