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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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