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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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