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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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