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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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