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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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