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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers 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 assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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