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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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