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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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