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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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