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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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