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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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