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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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