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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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