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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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