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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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