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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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