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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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