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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand these important new open educational ventures. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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