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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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