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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 elearning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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