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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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