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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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