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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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