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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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