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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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