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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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