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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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