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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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