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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning enable humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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