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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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