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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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