I caught this series from the classic Method Differentialis by James Stirling:
The series is
$1+\dfrac{2}{3}x+\dfrac{8}{15}x^2+\dfrac{16}{35}x^3+\dfrac{128}{315}x^4...$
I notice that the term is formed by multiplying $\dfrac{2}{3}$ to the second term, $\dfrac{4}{5}$ to the third term, $\dfrac{6}{7}$ to the fourth term, $\dfrac{8}{9}$ to fifth term.
Is there a way to find out the closed form generating function for this power series?
Let's write the ratio of terms as:
$$\frac{c_{n+1}}{c_n}=\frac{2(n+1)(n+1)}{2n+3} \frac{x}{n+1}$$
This makes the closed form:
$$f(x)={_2 F_1} (1,1;3/2;x)$$
Wolfram Alpha doesn't simplify it further.
That's Gauss hypergeometric function.
Sorry for being short, I'm writing from phone.