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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online education are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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