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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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