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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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