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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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