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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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