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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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