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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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