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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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