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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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