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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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