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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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