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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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