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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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