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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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