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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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