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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand these new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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