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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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