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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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