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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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