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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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