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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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