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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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