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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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