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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important 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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