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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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