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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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