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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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