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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business 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 in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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