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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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