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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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