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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the most important 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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