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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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