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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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