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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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