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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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