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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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