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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning enable humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models 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 in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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