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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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