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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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