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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students 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 issues that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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