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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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