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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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