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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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