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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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