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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources