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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that instructors 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 innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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