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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business 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 institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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