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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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