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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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