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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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