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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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