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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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