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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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