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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over 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. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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