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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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