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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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