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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to understand these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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