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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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