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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand these new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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