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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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