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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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