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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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