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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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