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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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