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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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