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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology enable students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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