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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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