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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational ventures. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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