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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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