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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models 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 stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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