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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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