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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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