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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting 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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