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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open education ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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