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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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