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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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