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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers 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 evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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