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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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