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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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