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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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