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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic educational technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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