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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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