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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have empowered humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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