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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to understand these open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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