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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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