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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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