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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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