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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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