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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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