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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online education are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open 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 teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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