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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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