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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to understand these new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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