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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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