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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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