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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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