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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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