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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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