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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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