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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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