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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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