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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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