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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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