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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key 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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