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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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