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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations 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 institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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