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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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