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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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