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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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