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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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