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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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