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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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