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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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