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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. 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. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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