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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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