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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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