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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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