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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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