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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly 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 a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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