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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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