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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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