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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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