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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models 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 innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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