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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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