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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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