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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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