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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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