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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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