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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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