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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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