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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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