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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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