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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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