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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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