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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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