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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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