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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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