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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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