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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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