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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also researches 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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