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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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