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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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