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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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