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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses 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 today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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