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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC 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 teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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