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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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