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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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