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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Educators want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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