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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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