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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education ventures. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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