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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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