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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models 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 optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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