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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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