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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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