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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have made it possible for students all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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