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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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