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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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