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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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