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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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