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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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