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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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