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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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