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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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