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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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