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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. People want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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