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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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