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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses