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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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