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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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