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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOCs? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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