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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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