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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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