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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models 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 institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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