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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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