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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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