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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key 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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