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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to understand these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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