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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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 MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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