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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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