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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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