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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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