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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies 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 optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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