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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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