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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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