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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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