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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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