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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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