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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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