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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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