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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the key 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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