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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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