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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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