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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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