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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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