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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education ventures. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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