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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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