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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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