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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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