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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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