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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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