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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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