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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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