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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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