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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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