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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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