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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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