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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always 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 topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What 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 original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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