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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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