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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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