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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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