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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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