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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed 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 teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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