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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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