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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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