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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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