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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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