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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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