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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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