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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online education institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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