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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education