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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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