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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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