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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online 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 experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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