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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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