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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What 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 stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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