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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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