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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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