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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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