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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently 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 e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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