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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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