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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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