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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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