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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open education initiatives. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses 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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