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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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