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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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