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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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