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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning enable people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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