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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOCs? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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