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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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