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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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