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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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