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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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