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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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