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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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