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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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