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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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