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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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