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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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