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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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