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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education ventures. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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