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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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