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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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