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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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