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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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