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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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