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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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