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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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