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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free 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 a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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