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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different 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 experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative 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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