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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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