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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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