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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education make it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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