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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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