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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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