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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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