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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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