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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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