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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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