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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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