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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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