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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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