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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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