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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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