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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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