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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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