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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOC classes? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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