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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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