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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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