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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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