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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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