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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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