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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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