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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses 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 MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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