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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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