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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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