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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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