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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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