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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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