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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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