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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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