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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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