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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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