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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What 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 educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp these significant new open educational ventures. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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