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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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