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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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