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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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