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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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