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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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