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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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