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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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