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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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