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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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