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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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