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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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