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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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