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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive these open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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