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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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