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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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