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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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