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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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