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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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