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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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