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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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