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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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