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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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