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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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