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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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