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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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