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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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