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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors 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? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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