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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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