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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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