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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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