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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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