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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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