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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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