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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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