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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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