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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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