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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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