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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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