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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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