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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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