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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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