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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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