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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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