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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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