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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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