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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning enable people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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