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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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