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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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