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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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