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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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