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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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