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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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