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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers 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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