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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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