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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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