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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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