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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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