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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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