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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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