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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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