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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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