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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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