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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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