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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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