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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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