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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have empowered humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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