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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)