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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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