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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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