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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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