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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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