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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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