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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education have empowered students all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open education ventures. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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