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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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