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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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