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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are making it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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