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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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