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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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