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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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