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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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