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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates 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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