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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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