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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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