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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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