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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major 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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