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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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