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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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