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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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