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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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