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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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