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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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