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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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