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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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