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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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