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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? 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 experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates 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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