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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of these new open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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