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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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