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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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