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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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