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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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