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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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