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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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