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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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